Dead at 91, the Japanese WW2 soldier who refused to surrender for 30 years while hiding in Philippines jungle
Dead at 91, the Japanese WW2 soldier who refused to surrender for 30 years while hiding in Philippines jungle A Japanese soldier who refused to surrender after the Second World War ended and spent 29 years hiding in the jungle while continuing a guerilla war has died aged 91. Hiroo Onoda remained on an island in the Philippines until 1974 because he did not believe the war was over. This picture taken on March 11, 1974, shows Onoda (right) offering his military sword to former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (left) to express his surrender at the Malacanan Palace in Manila Onoda (second left) walking from the jungle where he had hidden since World War II, on Lubang island in the Philippines Hiroo Onoda, wearing his 30-year-old imperial army uniform, cap and sword, salutes to the Philippine Air Force on arrival at a radar site on Lubang Island, Philippines, when he comes out of hiding in the jungle in 1974 Onoda (centre) salutes after handing over a military sword on Lubang ...